Convert It!
by Michael Brown
from South Florida Electric Auto Association (S F
This book is the leading how-to resource for electric car conversions. It combines Brown's years of professional automotive experience with down-to-earth language even an automotive beginner can understand. It is not written for the engineer in the laboratory, but for the home mechanic building his own car, and for the average person behind the wheel. Brown speaks to the reader as if talking to a friend in his garage. Before lifting a wrench, Brown answers the most frequently asked questions about electric cars: how fast will it go, how far will it go, how long will the batteries last, how pollution-free is it really, and many more. The conversion process itself begins with choosing an appropriate donor chassis, and stripping it of internal combustion components. Here Brown's experience provide numerous tips and tricks to make the later conversion process easier and more successful. Step by step, Brown leads the reader through the conversion. As each component comes up, Brown gives a little background on the different types available, and the pros and cons of each. He includes tips on layout, design and fabrication at each step, and discusses different approaches for different chassis, such as front wheel drive vs. rear wheel drive. By the end of the book, every part of the conversion process has been discussed. Brown wraps up with a procedure for testing and troubleshooting, and guidelines for normal driving, charging, and maintenance. The book is salted heavily throughout with photos and diagrams to illustrate its topics, and it includes a very thorough index. CONVERT IT has been chosen by the Department of Energy and by numerous schools across the country as the textbook for high school electric car conversion projects.
Convert Your Car to Alcohol
by Keat B. Drane
from Marathon Intl Book Co
In this book, the author shows how he eliminated the use of gasoline by converting a car to operate on pure alcohol. He shows how the reader can easily do the same during a day. This is a step-by-step guide to one person's conversion of an older car to run on alcohol. In this guide, he uses photos, instructions and keeps a list of costs of each procedure so the reader can easily duplicate his modifications. The entire cost to convert the car was less than $37. Keat lists each part he bought and its cost. Although this was written in 1980, it has been in constant demand worldwide. Keat worked in partnership with Jim Wortham, the author of "Forget The Gas Pumps--Make Your Own Fuel." The book by Jim Wortham, explains how to receive a permit to make alcohol and how to build a moonshine still to make ethanol alcohol.
How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems (Motorbooks Workshop)
by Jeff Hartman
from Motorbooks
How Cars Work
by Tom Newton
from Black Apple Press
An Illustrated Guide to the 250 Most Important Car Parts and how they work.
Four-Stroke Performance Tuning 3rd ed: A practical guide
by A. Bell
from Haynes Publishing
Saab 900 16 Valve Service Manual: 1985-1993/Including All Turbo Spg, and All Convertible (Saab Part No. P/N 02 16 861)
by Bentley Publishers
from Bentley Publishers
Baja Bugs and Buggies
by Jeff Hibbard
from HP Trade
The Solar Car Book: A Complete Build-It-Yourself Solar Car Kit Including All the Parts, Instructions and Pain-Free Science (Klutz)
from Klutz
- For ages 8 and up
The Solar Car Book is full of illuminating solar science facts and comes with everything you need to build a cool solar racecar: wheels, axles, motors, wires and a genuine one-volt solar cell. No glue, no nails, no tape and (best of all) no batteries required. Build this car today, and it will run forever, thanks to that big battery in the sky. For ages 8 and up.
How to Rebuild and Modify Porsche 911 Engines 1965-1989
by Wayne R. Dempsey
from Motorbooks
How to Build Max Performance Chevy Small Blocks on a Budget (S-a Design)
by David Vizard
from S-A Design
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